Livestock markers



Feb. 14, 1967 G. v. CHALLMAN LIVESTOCK MARKERS Filed Jan. 10, 1965 [ZWE4 INVFNTOR GLENN L CHALLMAN ATTORNEY j 3,304,218 LIVESTOCK MARKERS Glenn V. Challman, Butterfield, Minn. 55403 Filed Jan. 10, 1963. Ser. No. 250,576 Claims. (Cl. 156572) This invention relates broadly to marking devices, more particularly to a marking device capable of dispensing marking or identifying indicia, and specifically to a dispensing device for carrying a plurality of identifying marking tabs and having means for individually transferring one of said tabs in consecutive order to livestock confined in sale barns, and the like.

The principal object of this invention is to provide an efficient and positive means for applying identifying indicia to livestock confined in sale barns and the like wherein it is highly important to apply to such livestock individually, an identifying means that will coincide with a bill of sale or the like.

A further object of this invention is to provide a means for applying identifying indicia to livestock wherein said identifying indicia is transferred to the said livestock simply by lightly striking the animal with the device.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a livestock marking device that is entirely self-contained, requiring no supplemental equipment for applying said indicia to said livestock.

These and other objects of the invention will become apparent from the following specification and claims when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application and in which drawings, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention consists of the following devices and combination of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the invention as an entirety.

FIG. 2 is a right hand side elevational view of the same, some parts being sectioned.

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the invention on an enlarged scale, some parts being broken away.

FIG. 4 is an end elevational view taken on the line 44 of FIG. 3, and

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the identifying indicia advancing and feed means on an enlarged scale.

The numeral 6 is directed to an elongated handle member having a hand grip 7 to facilitate manipulation of the device. Mounted on the forward end portion of the handle member 6 is a relatively long, channel-like mounting frame hereinafter identified as an entirety by the numeral 8.

This mounting frame 8 comprises an upper base member 9 and a lower base member 10, said members 9 and 10 being held in spaced relation to form a relatively narrow slot or passageway 11 therebetween, the purpose of which will presently appear.

Formed integral with the lower base frame member 10, adjacent the forward end portion thereof, is a depending well or magazine 12 constructed and arranged to retain a plurality of identifying indicia or media 13 hereinafter referred to as cards, held therein in stacked relation. It is important to note that the extreme forward end portion of the lower frame member 10 is bent downwardly to form a lip 14 that affords a mounting station for a resilient pad-like member 15 the object of which will also be presently explained in detail. Clip means detachably secured to the magazine 12 for spring loading and advancing the stacked identification cards 13 in the magazine 12 is identified by the numeral 16 and its mounted coiled spring by the numeral 17 United States Patent Oflice 3,304,218 Patented Feb. 14, l 967 A pair of upturned side plates 18 are formed integral with the lower base frame member 10 or rigidly secured at right angles thereto, the forward end portion 19 of the said side plates 18 is of greater depth than the rear end portion 20 thereof, to afford space for a pair of opposed longitudinally disposed elongated slots 21 the purpose of which will presently appear. The upper base member 9 of the frame 8 is held spaced above the lower base member 10 by integral spacer means 22 and an elongated longitudinally disposed slot 23 in the upper and lower base plates 9 and 10 respectively affords a passageway for an actuating knob 24 that is connected to the transverse center of the rear end portion of a sliding member 25 mounted between the upper base member 9 and the lower member 10 of the frame 8. This sliding member 25 is provided to advance, individually, one of said plurality of identifying cards 13 held in stacked relation in the magazine 12 as the same are urged upwardly into the path of the said sliding member 25 as the same is manually moved forwardly by manipulation of the actuating knob 24. Obviously, after said knob 24 and its connected sliding member 25 reach the limit of its 7 of the lower base member 10 of the frame 8, see FIGS. 3

and 4, wherein it is important to note the restricted portion 26 of the slot 11 which permits the cards 13, having been advanced to this point in the said slot to be retained in such position, even when the said card is in an inverted position.

As best seen in FIG. 2 the actuating knob 24 'is provided with a depending stem or shank 27 that passes through aligned bores 28 in upper and lower sliding plate members 29 and 3-0 respectively that are mounted and dimensioned for endwise sliding movements on the upper surface of the upper base plate 9 and on the under surface of the lower base plate 10. These upper and lower sliding plate members 29 and 30 are rigidly secured to the stem or shank 27 of the actuating knob 24 to support and mount the same for endwise movements. It will be understood that the central portion of the said shank or stem 27 of the actuating knob 24 moves in the elongated slots 23 formed in the upper and lower base plate members 9 and 10 respectively guided by the side plates 18 and the sliding plate members 29 and 30.

The entire frame 8 thus far described is mounted on the handle member 6 by welding or otherwise rigidly securing the forward end portion of the said handle member to the rear face of the depending magazine 12 and thence in further securing the said handle and frame into a unitary construction by afiixing a pair of transversely opposed supporting posts 32 secured to the said handle member 6 adjacent the forward end portion thereof and thence by rigidly securing the upper end portion of the posts 32 to the lower base plate member 10 of the frame 8.

A spacer member 33 rigidly connects the forward end portions of the side plates 18 and the upper base plate member 9 and is provided with a central aperture 34 which affords a mounting station for a nozzle 35 the purpose of which will also presently appear.

A collapsible tube of adhesive 36 is mounted loosely in substantially a horizontal position on the upper base plate member 9 with its discharge end portion 37 inserted into the nozzle 35 and secured thereto by means of a thumb screw 38 that has screw threaded engagement with the rear end portion of the nozzle 35 through which the same extends into engagment with the cap screw 36' of the collapsible tube 36.

A split key 39 is inserted into the opposed slots 21 in the side plates 18 of the frame 8, the open end portion,

of said split key 39 being secured against inadvertent withdrawal by any suitable clip or washer means 49. The closed end portion of the tube of adhesive 36 is engaged by the tines 41 of the split key 39 and obviously, when the key 39 is slowly turned to wind the collapsible adhesive tube 36 thereon, a quantity of adhesive 42 is discharged on the upper exposed surface of the outermost advanced identifying card 13. It will of course be under stood that experience and practice will dictate the amount of adhesive necessary for the purpose at hand.

Thus, with the identifying card 13 charged with a required amount of adhesive 42 it is only necessary to invert the entire device and smartly strike the livestock, not shown, to be marked with the outer card carrying end portion of said device thereby transferring the identifying card 13 from the resilient pad 15 of the frame 8 to the said livestock by the contact action of the adhesive with the hide and hair of said livestock animal.

Obviously, there are numerous other adaptations wherein this invention can be used, however, in the interest of clarity and brevity this application has been limited to its use as a livestock marker. It will also be understood that the identifying cards 13 are provided with consecutive numerals or symbols on the opposite side thereof than that to which the adhesive is applied so that each card will bear different indicia for identification purposes.

While there are herein disclosed but a limited number of embodiments of the structure, process and product of the invention herein presented, it is possible to produce still other embodiments without departing from the inventive concept herein disclosed, and it is desired, therefore, that only such limitations be imposed on the appended claims as are stated herein or required by the prior art.

What I claim is:

1. A marking device of the class described comprising in combination, a mounting frame having a magazine, and handle means supporting said frame, said frame having upper and lower base members and a pair of opposed upstanding side members, a sliding member mounted between said upper and lower base members for endwise movements therebetween and manual means for manipulating said sliding member, means for holding a plurality of cards retained in stacked relation in said magazine and means associated with said magazine for spring loading the stacked cards to urge the same upwardly thereby moving one of said stacked cards into the path of the sliding member as the same is moved forwardly to position said card on a transfer lift formed in the forward end portion of the frame, means on said frame mounting a container containing a quantity of adhesive therein, in supported relation upon the upper base plate, and means for engaging the container whereby said adhesive may be discharged in a predetermined quantity onto the upper exposed surface of the forwardmost card carried by said frame and positioned thereon to be transferred to another object by adhesive action when the said device is inverted and said object is struck lightly thereby.

2. A marking device of the class described comprising in combination, an elongated mounting frame having a depending magazine and handle means mounting and supporting said frame, said frame having a rigid upper base member and a rigid lower base member spaced apart,

the one above the other to afford a narrow elongated channel therebetween and a pair of upstanding side plates rigidly secured and at right angles to the said base plates, a sliding member mounted for endwise movements in the said narrow elongated channel between the said upper and lower base plates and guided during such movements by a spacer member interposed between the said upper and lower base plates, manual means connected to the said sliding member whereby the same may be advanced or retracted in said narrow elongated channel, said magazine being adapted to hold a plurality of cards bearing identifying indicia on one side thereof, said cards being held in stacked relation in said magazine to be fed therefrom into the path of the advancing sliding member and moved forwardly thereby into a dispensing position on the forward end portion of the frame, clip means for detachably closing the lower end portion of the magazine and spring means carried by said clip to urge the said stacked cards upwardly into the path of the sliding member, means for mounting a collapsible tube containing a supply of adhesive stored in supported relation on the upper base member and having its discharge spout secured to a nozzle mounted in a spacer member connecting the forward end portions of the said upstanding side plates of the frame, and means mounted in said upstanding side plates having engagement with the closed end portion of the said collapsible tube of adhesive to discharge a predetermined quantity of said adhesive onto the upper exposed surface of one of the said cards held positioned on the forward end portion of the frame adjacent the discharged end of the said nozzle.

3. The structure of claim 2 further including upper and lower sliding guide plates rigidly secured to the manipulating means for manually actuating the sliding member, said actuating means being in the form of a hand knob having a depending shank to which the said guide plates are secured.

4. The structure of claim 2 further including resilient means mounted on the forward end portion of the frame affording a supporting lip for one of said cards projected thereon by the sliding member, and retaining means on said frame overlying said supporting lip in spaced relation thereto whereby the marking device may be inverted and the said card retained loosely until the adhesive deposited on the upper exposed surface thereof is placed in contact with an object to be marked, whereby said lip will yield in response to pressure applied thereagainst to permit said card to be withdrawn from the said retaining means as the card adheres to the object to be marked.

5. The structure of claim 2 further including a key, said key having a split shank, and being mounted in the longitudinal slots formed in the upstanding side plates of the frame, said split shank of the key being constructed and arranged to engage the closed end portion of the collapsible adhesive tube supported by the upper base plate and the nozzle, said key when revolved in said slots serving to cause the adhesive to be extruded from the said collapsible tube through the nozzle, said key also retaining the diminishing tube on said frame as the said adhesive is discharged therefrom.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,839,213 6/1958 Ory 156-357 EARL M. BERGERT, Primary Examiner.

M. L. KATZ, Assistant Examiner, 

1. A MARKING DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A MOUNTING FRAME HAVING A MAGAZINE, AND HANDLE MEANS SUPPORTING SAID FRAME, SAID FRAME HAVING UPPER AND LOWER BASE MEMBERS AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED UPSTANDING SIDE MEMBERS, A SLIDING MEMBER MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER BASE MEMBERS FOR ENDWISE MOVEMENTS THEREBETWEEN AND MANUAL MEANS FOR MANIPULATING SAID SLIDING MEMBER, MEANS FOR HOLDING A PLURALITY OF CARDS RETAINED IN STACKED RELATION IN SAID MAGAZINE AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID MAGAZINE FOR SPRING LOADING THE STACKED CARDS TO URGE THE SAME UPWARDLY THEREBY MOVING ONE OF SAID STACKED CARDS INTO THE PATH OF THE SLIDING MEMBER AS THE SAME IS MOVED FORWARDLY TO POSITION SAID CARD ON A TRANSFER LIFT FORMED IN THE FORWARD END PORTION OF THE FRAME, MEANS ON SAID FRAME MOUNTING A CONTAINER CONTAINING A QUANTITY OF ADHESIVE THEREIN, IN SUPPORTED RELATION UPON THE UPPER BASE PLATE, AND MEANS FOR ENGAGING THE CONTAINER WHEREBY SAID ADHESIVE MAY BE DISCHARGED IN A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY ONTO THE UPPER EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE FORWARDMOST CARD CARRIED BY SAID FRAME AND POSITIONED THEREON TO BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER OBJECT BY ADHESIVE ACTION WHEN THE SAID DEVICE IS INVERTED AND SAID OBJECT IS STRUCK LIGHTLY THEREBY. 